Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-29
REoENT PUBLICATIONS.


 ''The New Education," by George Her bert Palmer, professor of philosophy in Har- yard university, contains three papers at tempting to show to non-professional people the recent tendencies in education which have been misunderstood. The mode of col lege discipline adopted as confused with laissez-faire is set forth in a clear-cut concep- ton of the elective systems; the ethical principles upon which wise election rests and the special conditions of the times which render such systems necessary. The three papers were originally published in the An dover Review. They comprise one upon 1.-The New Education" and two papers upon "The Possible Limitations of the Elective System.'' Little, Brown & Co.,, publishers, Boston. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 MT. H. O. Bunner's ''Story of New York House" is little volume which seems 'tto take up the romance of great city where Washington Irving left it, and preserve for us picture of manners and customs in the early part of the century," The author has written story of such charm that it cannot but take it's place in the pictures of New York life it existed three-quarters of a century ago. The book is highly spoken of by the press. Charles Scribnerz Sons, pub fishers, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 The readers of 'tObiter Diota" will well come second series by Augustine Birrell. IL is a small book of some three hundred pages dealing with Milton, Pope, Johnson, Burke, Charles Lamb, Emerson, etc. The chapters on "The Muse of History ''The Office of Literature" !" "Book- Buying &c., are among the best Together they com nf ff1n of mt tations. quaint allusions and literary quail ty. The first series by the same author was acknowledged to represent the best criticism of the day. This is not far behind it if at all Charles Scribner's Sons, publishers, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Bridge disasters, which have caused so much discussion of late, are treated of at length in hard book, Bridge Disasters in America; the Cause and the Remedy" by George L. Vose, author of Manual for Railroad Engineers" ," etc. The substance of the book appeared in ''The Railroad Gazette and is now republished with new matter, calling the attention of the public to 8 sub jeet which has an important bearing on the public safety. Lee & Shepard, publishers, Boston. For sale in this city by Judd the , bookseller.
 Volume I of ''Around the World on a Bi. cycle; From San Francisco to Teheran," by Thomas Stevens, furnished with over one hundred illustrations, is a charming volume. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who prefaces the book, says that he was never more struck with the truth that "a good traveller is some thing at the latter end of dinuer' than when he heard MT. Stevens give brief off hand report of his adventures after dinner given in his honor by the Massachusetts Bi- cycle club. MT. Stevens went around the world in order to see the people who were on it, and since he had something to show them as interesting as anything that they could show him, he made his way among all na tions. That simple, manly quality which attracted his hearers at the time of the din ner appears in the book now presented to the public. ftThe exploit is as good as those of the much wandering Ulysses" It is pleasant to read the narrative as thus given us; it contains the life of the world ss it is lived to-day in brief. Charles Scribner's Sons, publishers, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 One of the best stories for girls is Rosa Nonchette Cary's new volume, "Esther.' ' The author is an entertaining and pure writer. The plot and movement of her sto- rios are interesting and her books are de- servedly popular. The present volume is
 
 to be book which will both entertain and instruct. J. B. Lippincott & Co.,, publish CTS, Philadelphia. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Poors Directory of Railway Offcials'' is a supplement to Poors Manual of Railroads It is the second annual number containing lists of the officers in all railways in North America and of the leading organizations auxiliary to the railway system; lists of off, cers of South American and British railways, &c.,, compiled from official information. The scope of the work and the help which such 8 volume will give needs no comment For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'sLessons in Candy Making" by Catherine Owen, author of "Ten Dollars Enough" is 8 little book issued in response to the demand for Mrs. Ovens very popular series of pa pers on candy baking at home, which were originally published in "Good Housekeep- ing" They are now issued in this more convenient form. Also "Six Cups of Cof- fee," issued in the same form, is a group of papers by the best authorities on the subject of coffee making, which will be of great value to housekeepsrs. It includes the "Story of Cofee," by Hester M. Poole. c. A. Montgomery & Co.,, publishers, New York. For sale in this city by T. H. Pease & Son.